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C 16 RF & AL. 1865 Hd Qrs. Post Memphis Tenn. June 24.1865 Col E. says not Chaplain A L Brig Genl to the Adjt General USA Requests to be assigned to some position in Freedmen's Bureau Recommended by Adj't Gen'l U.S.A. in endorsement file Recd Bureau FR&AL June 30/65 1865 file Respectfully referred to Major General Howard Brig Genl Cheltain is a most humane gentleman, and the very best General for the command of Colored troops under my orders on the Mississippi I know of no better person for assignment to the duty he seeks, and I should be pleased if he could be gratified L Thomas Adjt Genl Washington DC June 30.1865
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